Who won the Grantham and Bourne seat in the general election 2024
Voters have chosen Conservative Gareth Davies to be the MP for Grantham and Bourne.
He is the first MP for the new constituency, which was established during last year’s boundary review.
Speaking after he was elected, Mr Davies said he was absolutely delighted and commended the other candidates for a decent campaign.
In the December 2019 election, Mr Davies won the Grantham and Stamford seat which incorporated Bourne, with 66% of the vote, while fellow Tory Alicia Kearns was elected to represent the Melton and Rutland seat with 63% of the vote.
“It has been a great privilege to represent this area for four years,” he said.
“I have shown delivery and will continue to do everything I can to deliver for the place I call home.”
The former businessman has pledged to continue to push for improvements in the health care system and ‘ensure investment on the road network, not just the A1 but around the area’.
Throughout the night ballot papers from the 124 polling stations across the constituency were counted alongside the postal votes and the results were declared at 3.10am.
The results in full were:
Gareth Davies (Conservative) - 16,770
Vipul Bechar (Labour) -12,274
John Vincent (Lib Dem) - 2,027
Anne Gayfer (Green) -2,570
Mike Rudkin (Reform UK) -9,393
Alexander Mitchell (Social Democratic Party) - 204
Charmaine Morgan (Lincolnshire Independents) -1,245
Ian Selby (Independent) -1,642
A total of 150 ballot papers were spoilt.
Conservatives have held on to stronghold seats in Lincolnshire — but Reform UK and Labour have both made gains in the county. Nationally, dozens of seats has been lost by the Tories.
“It has been a tough night for my party,” said Mr Davies.
He added that it’s right members reflect before having a conversation on how to rebuild.”
Poor turnouts were reported across the area — with figures down on where they were in 2019.
One constituency where people were keen to vote was the other new patch, Rutland and Stamford. Find out the results here.
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